Section 10553.11.  


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  • (a) Effective July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, a tribe, consortium of tribes, or a tribal organization that is operating a program pursuant to an agreement with the department under Section 10553.1, shall be responsible for the following share of costs:

    (1) For the adequate care of each child receiving AFDC-FC as identified in subdivision (d) of Section 11450, the tribal share shall be 60 percent of the nonfederal share. For nonfederally eligible costs, the tribal share shall be 60 percent of the costs.

    (2) For administrative costs of administering the AFDC-FC program, the tribal share shall be 30 percent of the nonfederal share. For nonfederally eligible administrative costs, the tribal share shall be 30 percent of the costs.

    (3) For the provision of child welfare services pursuant to Section 10101, the tribal share shall be 30 percent of the nonfederal share. For nonfederally eligible costs, the tribal share shall be 30 percent of the costs.

    (4) For the provision of Title XIX child welfare services, the tribal share shall be 30 percent of the nonfederal costs. For services delivered by skilled professional medical personnel, reimbursement may be claimed under Title XIX at an enhanced rate and the tribal share shall be 30 percent of the nonfederal share.

    (5) For wraparound services approved by the department for children described in Section 18250, the tribal share shall be 60 percent of the costs.

    (6) For the support and care of hard-to-place adoptive children, the tribal share shall be 25 percent of the nonfederal share of the amount specified in Section 16121. For nonfederally eligible children, the tribal share shall be 25 percent of the costs.

    (7) For monthly visitation of children placed in group homes, there shall be no tribal share.

    (8) For the support and care of former dependent children who have been made wards of related guardians, the tribal share shall be 21 percent of the nonfederal share. For nonfederally eligible children, the tribal share shall be 21 percent of the costs. There shall be no tribal share for federally eligible administrative costs. For nonfederally eligible administrative costs, the tribal share shall be 50 percent.

    (9) For the cost of extending aid pursuant to Section 11403 to eligible nonminor dependents who have reached 18 years of age and who are under the jurisdiction of the tribal program, the tribal share shall be 21 percent of the nonfederal share.

    (b) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, for programs, services, or administrative costs provided pursuant to Section 10553.1, but for which the sharing ratios are not specified in this section, the tribal share of costs shall be equal to the county statutory share of costs as set forth in statutory sharing ratios for each of these programs as in effect on June 30, 2011.

    (c) Notwithstanding any other law, for the purposes of this section, the nonfederal costs for programs, services, or administrative costs provided pursuant to Section 10553.1 shall be borne by the tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal organization, and the state. However, in the event that an Indian child is transferred from the tribal program to the jurisdiction of the county, the costs for the child shall be borne by the county as for any other child under the county's jurisdiction.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 70. Effective June 27, 2012.)